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Charlotte protesters ignore curfew, hold peaceful demos

Protesters took to Charlotte’s streets for a third straight night and defied a midnight curfew in the US city early Friday, amid heavy security aimed at preventing more clashes over the fatal police

Hungry youths snatch food packs from trekking pupils

If you are one of the parents whose children trek to school from home, a new development in Minna, Niger State capital will get you worried. A new dimension has recently been introduced to hunger-induced crime in Minna, as hungry youths now go about snatching food packs from nursery and primary school children on their way to school. One Fati Sanusi, a nursery two pupil of Mega Stars Academy, located in Kpakungu, Minna, was said to have cried to school, alleging that her food pack, prepared by her mother was snatched from her by a grown up boy, who ran away even as she cried. Headmistress of the school, Mrs. Cecilia Bunmi Koseemani, who confirmed the incident exclusively to The Guardian, said she and other teachers had hectic time pleading with the little girl to stop crying. “We had to send for her mother who prevailed on the four-year-old girl before she stopped crying. The mother later rushed back home to prepare Indomie for her instead of the rice meal that w

'History can no longer be viewed in splendid isolation': what is a global historian?

I f the past is still required to understand the present, then approaching the past globally is an absolute necessity. But what does it mean to “think globally” today?

Osinbajo reaffirms private sector role in economic recovery programme

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday reaffirmed the role of the private sector in the economic recovery programme of the Federal Government. He gave the indication at the Presidential Quarterly Business